adequation
noun
ad·e·qua·tion
ˌa-də-ˈkwā-shən
plural -s
1
: the result of making equal or adequate : equivalence
2
: the act of making adequate : the act of making equal or commensurate
Word History
Etymology
Late Latin adaequation-, adaequatio, from Latin adaequatus + -ion-, -io -ion
First Known Use
1605, in the meaning defined at sense 1
- brood chamber
- brood matron
- brood nest
- brood parasitism
- brood patch
- brood pouch
- brood stock
- brooddest
- brooded
- brooded (about or over)
- brooded about or over
- brooder
- brooder pneumonia
- brooders
- broodest
- broodier
- broodies
- broodiest
- broodiness
- broodinesses
- brooding
- brooding (about or over)
- brooding about or over
- broodinglier
- broodingliest